Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-290) and index

Authors' preface -- Introduction -- The stories we have been told -- Origins -- The importance of being upright -- Who brought home the bacon? -- Gray matter and language -- The road to Thoroughly Modern Millie -- Leaving the African cradle -- Almost altogether truly modern humans -- The fashioning of women -- Peopling the world -- Cakes, fish, and matrilineality -- Seamstresses of the far North -- Settling down in America -- The agricultural evolution -- Conclusion : Not invisible after all

Challenges popular beliefs that prehistoric women filled sideline roles in prehistoric times, drawing on recent research to reveal how women developed tools that were key to survival and played a central role in human language and social development

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